Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of Japanese-language films

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The result was keep. The list distinguishes itself as fundamentally different than List of Japanese films. The discussion over what entries should be included is not a decision to be made in an AfD (or grounds for deletion). I see nothing that suggests the list is being overwhelmed by having a large scope and is arguably as large as List of German films or any other national film lists. Also lists when too large can be broken down into sub-articles by year such as Lists of French films. (non-admin closure) Mkdw ^talk 07:15, 1 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]

List of Japanese-language films[edit]

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Redundant with List of Japanese films. Professorjohnas (talk) 10:28, 26 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Keep The nominator is mistaken. Not all Japanese-language films are Japanese films, and vice-versa. Lugnuts ^{Dick Laurent is dead} 10:54, 26 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Keep per Lugnuts and my comment here. Lukeno94 (talk) 17:41, 26 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Keep per Lugnuts. Erik (talk | contribs) 20:49, 26 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Delete as having overly broad scope and being ill defined. What is a Japanese-language film? Is Rush Hour (1998 film) dubbed in Japanese a Japanese-language film? If not, then what is the difference between a Japanese-language film and a Japanese film? -- Toshio Yamaguchi 20:53, 26 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]
The vast majority of films have a primary language. You bring up an interesting point about dubbing, but I would argue that it should be the original language. Erik (talk | contribs) 20:55, 26 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Japan-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 15:53, 29 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Film-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 15:53, 29 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Lists-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 15:53, 29 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Comment. Is the list not redundant when the category Category:Japanese-language films is more complete? --Rob Sinden (talk) 15:56, 29 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]

The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the debate. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this page.